Means for loading and unloading grain.



No. 825,106. PAIENTED JULY 3, 1906.

S. BRADLEY.

MEANS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING GRAIN APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1905.

" TED STATES SYLVESTER BRADLEY,

OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

MEANS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADENG GRAIN- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .iui 3, 1906.

Application filed July 13,1905. Serial No. 269,562.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLVE'STER BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Means for Loading and Un oadin Grain; and I do hereby declare that the Following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appeltains to make and use the same.

This invention ertains to means for handling bulk material such as grains of all kinds dirt, ashes, and the like, but relates more articularly to the transportation and loa ing and unloading of grains, such as wheat, oats, barley, shelled corn, and corn on the ear.

The invention has for its main object the handling of grains in a more easy and simple manner and with cheaper apparatus than usually employed for this pur ose.

A further object is to provi e a series of receptacles to be carried on a wagon and which may be raised therefrom one by one and dumped, thereby avoiding the laborious task of unloading a wagon by means of a scoopshovel.

A further objectis to provide a series of receptacles of peculiar form by which they may be readily and easily relieved of their contents.-

In the appended drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a building, showing a swinging arm thereon and a wagon having grainreceiving boxes thereon and a ro e and hook for use in raising said boxes. ig. 2 is an elevation of a ortable member, showing the swinging arm t ereon. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a pivoted member, showin a grooved pulley in connection therewith. ig. 4 is a perspective view of a part of the swinging arm s 1OWI1 in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a wagon without its wheels, showing a series of grain-boxes thereon. Fig. 6 is a erspective view of a series of boxes of modifi ed form. Fig. 7 is a erspective view of one of the boxes shown in ig. 6 on a larger scale. i

My aim in bringing out the devices to be described is, as before intimated, to dispense with the costly elevators and wagon-dumps now in use and rovide a simple and eflective means for easi y and quick y handling the grain whether transported from the field to the granary or from building to building or from storehouses to railway-cars, as the case may be, the means being of equal service in any" of these duties.

I first provide a series of receivers-such, for instance, as s uare boxes A, of metal or wood, of which t ere may be any desired number, according to convenience in arranging and handlingthem. Each receptacle 1s provided with a bail B, as shown in Fig. 5, suitably pivoted thereon to allow it to suspend the said receptacle while the latter is being tilted to pourout its contents, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1. These receptacles or boxes may be provided of such size that they can be placed 1n the ordinary wagon-box, or

be employed, having a railin D, mounted on uprights or posts E, by whic the said boxes may be inc osed and held in place. As a matter of course sufficient space is provided sothat each box may be'removed from the platform and replaced without'binding, and, as shown in the figure last referred to, the tops of the boxes or receptacles are beveled with their high sides abutting, as also illustrated in Fig. 1. This answers a twofold ur ose. In picking corn in the field the ig portions serve as stops for the ear-corn as it 1s thrown in, thus taking the place of the usual stop-board used on the ordinary wagonbox. Secondly, the said high sides of the members serve as spouts out of which the rain or other material may be poured as om a hopper or similar device.

In Figs. 6 and 7 a modified form of the boxes is shown, in which F indicates said boxes, whose tops are cut ofi at right angles to their heights, except the end ones,-which are provided with vertical extensions G. In order that greater capacity may be had, side-boards H H are provided, each having a vertical member J secured thereto at intervals adapted for entering looped mem. bers K on the said boxes. These boards are employed more particularly for ear-corn and are removed when desired to use the boxes for other material, such as small grains and the like. It will be seen that the end extensions G of the end boxes now serve to complete an inclosure, together with the said boards H. After the ears of corn are thrown off, so as to reveal the tops of the boxes, the latter may be raised and emptied, as with the other form described. .I may provide with either form of box a hinged bottom L, Fig. 7,

having a hinged hasp M, slotted at N to ena special platform C for a wagon, Fig. 5, may

gage a'staple 0, through which passes a pin P, suspended from a chain. 'By this means the boxes may be relieved of their burdensby simply Withdrawing the pin, and thereby I provide two methods by which the emptying operation may be accomplished.

As a means for easily removing and replacing the boxes I provide both a portable and stationary crane. (Shown inFigs. v2-.and:1, respectively.) In the latter figure a pair of brackets Q are attached tothe granary or other building to be loaded-intoor loaded from, andin these is-swung.an.-arm-R, secured at one end to a vertical member S, having reduecd ends, .as at T, to. enter holes. in said brackets. Said arm R i is braced by means ofan .arnr U, attached to said..arm.R by means of strapsV, Fig. 4. The upper end of the arm U. is clamped, by means of straps -W,.tothe said vertical member S, as also is thearm R by means of straps X, Fight. The

outer or free endof the .arm R carries a grooved pulley 2, .as-shown, and a similar, pul- .ley 3. is carried between the. straps W,-. near the upper end of the arm U. .A rope or cable Q 4 passes over these pulleys one end bearinga hook 5, the. other end descending toward the groundand passing: beneath-a: pulley' 6. and thence having attachment with a draft member to whicha horse may be hitched, thesaid pulley- (Sbeing suspended from .a suitable member 7, secured to. the building. or elsewherein the immediate vicinity. It is to be understoodthaflthe crane thus constructed.

is capable of swingingin a horizontalg plane,

.as shown in' broken-lines in.F ig. Land byplacing the hook 5 through the baiLof any one of the boxes it may be raised from: the wagon, filled or emptied,.asa the case may be, by swinging it to and over the-biner other receptacle, andreturnedto the wagonand another handled-in like manner, and so on. The portable device shown in Fig. .2- consists vof a pole 8,:havingbracing members 9lf01 sustaining it in a vertical position. -Upo-n ticu-la'r piece -of-'work"within a building the portable one is always ready at hand by carrying-it upon the wagon carrying the boxes to. be handled.

-Evidently I may alter the construction and arrangement of the boxes or the crane Without departing from the spirit or intent of the invention.

.Not only can the swinging arm or crane be used, but the rope 4 maybe used on any of the hay-carrier tracks, whereby the boxes may'beraised from the Wagon: and. carried high within abuil'ding and deposited where desired, thus makingthehandling of grain very simple and thorough.

I claim- -1. )In grainstrans-porting means,-a wheeled vehicle, and a seriescof receptacles carried .thereonthe same having their. tops beveled substantially as shown and placed with their high portions back to' back, and. bails on: the several receptacles for handling the same.

2. In grain-transporting means a series of receptacles having thier tops i beveled and placed back to back, .a-nd a-vehicle' in which said receptacles. are carried for the. purposes described.

3. .In grainrtransp-orting means, a series of receptacles: having beveled tops, theirhigh sides placed back to back, thesaid high-sides serving as stoprboards .aswdescribe'd, and a bail for each said receptacle and a vehicle for carrying. the several receptacles.

.In. testimony whereof I affix. my signature in, presence of twowitnesses.

;L. -.M. -THURLOW,

A. KEITHLEY. 

